Individual and group peer support for men who have experienced sexual, physical and psychological trauma. Groups are open to men after they have met a peer support facilitator for one to one meetings. Call David Passell on 021 174 9252 or 09 889 2553, email manager@betterblokes.org.nz

child abuse

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17542863.2016.1264440
Child abuse and neglect negatively impact both neurological and psychological development. Patterns of abuse are learned and repeated in families. Adverse childhood experiences are a risk factor for psychopathology later in life, including borderline personality disorder (BPD). Borderline personality disorder is prevalent in clinical populations in the USA, but its

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The Catholic Church in Australia on Friday rejected a recommendation by a government inquiry that priests be required to report evidence of child sex abuse disclosed in the confessional.
The recommendation that priests be prosecuted for failing to report evidence of pedophilia heard in the confessional was a key finding in

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17542863.2016.1264440
Child abuse and neglect negatively impact both neurological and psychological development. Patterns of abuse are learned and repeated in families. Adverse childhood experiences are a risk factor for psychopathology later in life, including borderline personality disorder (BPD). Borderline personality disorder is prevalent in clinical populations in the USA, but its

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In the 9th century, a Persian doctor published one of the first written accounts of measles disease.
Francis Home, a Scottish physician, demonstrated in 1757 that measles is caused by an infectious agent in the blood of patients.
In 1912, measles became a nationally notifiable disease in the United States, requiring U.S.

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Dame Lesley says it can't always be ascribed to poverty, so we need to dig deeper.
It was only a couple of weeks ago we also had big news in the papers about the worrying statistics around child abuse: one in four children under 17 years old in this country will

Wider access to smartphones and super-fast internet access are giving rise to a disturbing trend: a surge in on-demand, live-streaming online child sexual abuse, according to a report published by a children's welfare group founded by former Facebook executive Joanna Shields.
The report by WeProtect, published Wednesday, shows such advances have

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11988847
Set up last year as the replacement for Child, Youth and Family, one of Oranga Tamariki's main stated objectives is to put the safety of children first.
Those wanting to report cases of abuse or neglect are directed to the agency's website to call a special toll free number.
Jane said she

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jan/31/plea-for-criminals-who-were-victims-of-child-sexual-abuse-to-access-redress-scheme
“What I’m leading to here is the fact that I would have been all right in life if it hadn’t been for the sexual abuse committed against me, and rejections by the system, so how can you, Mr Turnbull, judge me as not being eligible for compensation on the grounds

At 11, Axcell was just six stone (38kg). Child Welfare officers noted him as being "anorexic" and suffering from "numerous colds and general malaise". He was so unwell he couldn't attend school for the first two months in New Zealand; years later his constitution was still described by welfare officers

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11745201
A Herald investigation of the root causes of child abuse, starting today, finds that schools are more afraid of parents neglecting their children because of drugs and alcohol than they are of direct physical abuse.
"It's not the black eyes, it's more children that have had a lack of sleep because